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Atrial fibrillation

How common is atrial fibrillation?

Atrial fibrillation is quite common.

It tends to affect older people. About 1 in 200 middle aged people, and about 1 in 10 of those aged 80 or older, have atrial fibrillation.

Source:
Freestone B, Lip G.
Epidemiology and costs of cardiac arrhythmias.
In: Lip GYH, Godtfredsen J (editors). Cardiac arrhythmias: a clinical approach. Mosby, Edinburgh, UK; 2003.

Sources for the information on this page:

Freestone B, Lip G.Epidemiology and costs of cardiac arrhythmias.In: Lip GYH, Godtfredsen J (editors). Cardiac arrhythmias: a clinical approach. Mosby, Edinburgh, UK; 2003.

This information was last updated on Jan 09, 2009

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